2017-2021 State Plan - wi-bpdd.org

1 State plan 2017 -2021 Goal 1 | Budget: $186,000 More people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) will be included in their communities. By September 2021, more people with I/DD including those with diverse identities will participate in integrated community activities of their choosing as evidenced by: Objective | 2016 Number: 3,601 people More people with I/ DD will be working in the community. By September 30, 2021, 50% more people with I/DD will be working in integrated employment of their choice at a competitive wage. Objective | 2016 Number: ** More people with I/ DD have the support they need to make choices in their lives. By September 30, 2021, 25% more people with I/DD will make choices about their everyday lives. Objective | 2016 Number: ** More people with I/ DD will have a way to get to where they need to go. (Transportation) By September 30, 2021, 25% more people with I/DD will reliably be able to get where they need to go each day.

2 Objective | 2016 Number: ** More people with I/DD will have people in their lives that they can count on to help them when needed. By September 30, 2021, 25% more people with I/DD say they have a network of community members they can rely on. **BPDD s Baseline Data are from a national source: National Core Indicators Data will be available 12/31/16. JOBS 2 Rationale: The number of individuals who use self-directed supports is steadily growing. More than 13,000 are currently self-directing their long-term care services and supports in Wisconsin. Nearly half (48%) are individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Anyone eligible for long-term care should have the opportunity to self-direct any or all services and supports. Individuals may use Supported Decision-Making tools to ensure independence and choice in making decisions about their lives. Individuals with I/DD and families need support and resources to create a full life.

3 This means having access to transportation, paid jobs, volunteer work, community activities and clubs, etc. Having a full life means that people with disabilities have all the opportunities, supports, and resources that are available to individuals in their community without a disability. Employment is integral to most people s lives, yet people with I/DD continue to experience many barriers. Research has shown that individuals in long-term care who are employed in integrated jobs are less likely to be reliant on public supports and have better life outcomes. The lack of adequate wrap-around day supports and transportation reduces independence. Definition: Intellectual Disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behavior, which covers a range of everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18. Developmental Disabilities is an umbrella term that includes intellectual disability but also includes other disabilities that are apparent during childhood.

4 Diverse identities refers to people of various races, cultural and ethnic heritages, genders, gender identities, gender expressions, sexual orientations, ages, and religions from diverse socio-economic and geographic backgrounds. Integrated employment is a job in typical workplace settings where the majority of persons employed are not persons with disabilities, at least minimum wage or higher, where the person is paid directly by the employer and is given opportunities for advancement that are similar to those for other employees who are not individuals with disabilities and who have similar positions. Integrated employment includes self-employment and ownership of micro-businesses. Making Choices refers to a person being able to make decisions about their own life: where to work, live, to have a roommate etc. Supported Decision-Making means people with disabilities can get the help they need from friends, family members, and professionals to understand the situations and choices they face, so they may make their own decisions as an alternative to guardianship.

5 Suggested activities: Provide training and support to individuals and families, Work on reaching people with disabilities and their families from diverse (all) backgrounds, Training e vents, Employment First Conference and Self-Determination Conference, Partner with Disability Rights Wisconsin and Waisman Center, Provide grants to work on employment practices, self-determination, self-directed supports, supported decision-making, transportation, and peer mentoring, Work to increase self-directed supports in Wisconsin. 3 Goal 2 | Budget: $324,000 More people with I/DD trained in advocacy and self-advocacy, resulting in an increase in the number of policies/laws that support people with disabilities to be more included in community life. By September 2021, more people with I/DD including those with diverse identities and their families will increase their advocacy efforts, resulting in increased numbers of policies supporting inclusion of people with disabilities in community life.

6 Objective | 2016 Number: 200 Support People First Wisconsin to increase the number of self-advocates with I/DD involved in local groups. By September 30, 2021, 25% more self-advocates with I/DD will participate in a State self-advocacy organization led by individuals with intellectual disabilities. Objective | 2016 Number: 161 Increase the number of self-advocates with I/DD trained in leadership skills and become leaders in their community. By September 30, 2021, 50% more self-advocates with I/DD will participate in leadership training and practice their leadership skills. Objective | 2016 Number: ** Work with Disability Rights Wisconsin and Waisman Center to identify and support people with diverse backgrounds to participate in different leadership groups. By September 30, 2021, 50% more people with I/DD and their families will participate in cross-disability and culturally diverse leadership coalitions through collaboration with the AIDD Partnership.

7 Objective | 2016 Number: ** Support more people with I/DD and families from different backgrounds will increase their advocacy. By September 30, 2021, 25% more people with I/DD with diverse identities and their families will increase involvement in advocacy activities. 4 Objective Work with legislators and policy makers to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Wisconsin. By September 30, 2021, BPDD will act as a policy advisor to the Legislature, Governor and other policy makers on policies that affect all aspects of community life, decision-making, and full inclusion. This will result in 25 improved policies and practices that increase community participation, decision making and full inclusion ** Data will be available 9/30/16. Rationale: Nothing about me without me. Individuals with disabilities and their family members must be included in the decision-making process on policies and practices that affect their lives and impact their ability to obtain the services and supports they need to live in the community.

8 People with I/DD need support in exercising their rights and responsibilities as citizens. Speaking at a public event, writing a letter to an elected official, and voting are just a few examples. Self-advocacy and advocacy groups need training, education, and opportunities to practice their skills. Self-advocates and families provide vital and unique insight to their local communities on how public policies impact their lives. Definitions: Diverse identities refers to people of various races, cultural and ethnic heritages, genders, gender identities, gender expressions, sexual orientations, ages, and religions from diverse socio-economic and geographic backgrounds. AIDD Partnership: The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities defines the partnership as being between The Board for People with Developmental Disabilities, Disability Rights Wisconsin, and Waisman Center. State self-advocacy organization: People First Wisconsin is the self-advocacy organization in Wisconsin.

9 They have a State office run by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Self-advocacy: refers to an individual with a disability's ability to effectively communicate, convey, negotiate or assert his or her own interests, desires, needs, and rights. Suggested activities: Promote collaboration among agencies and strengthen coalitions, Provide information and e-mail alerts on policy and legislative initiatives affecting people with I/DD, Assist People First-WI with outreach and training activities, Provide grants and technical assistance to support local self-advocacy coalitions, Support joint policy positions with AIDD partners (Disability Rights Wisconsin and Waisman Center), Provide advocacy and leadership training and mentoring to self-advocates, including youth and families, Support voting activities, Engage in systems change activities that promote the inclusion of people with I/DD in all facets of community life, Educate policy makers, legal system on disability issues.

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